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AMD highlights standards in Live push
News More pervasive home networking will also mean that the PC can stay in the den but be operated in the living room with a remote control through the TV screen. To get the Viiv sticker, PC makers have to insert an Intel processor into the box, but...
[January 4, 2006, 8:40]
Wireless networking wars hit speed bump
News Intel, Cisco Systems, Proxim and others are developing new high-speed wireless networking kits that are five times faster than current technology that lets people wirelessly link their desktop computers and laptops and share a Net connection.
[February 27, 2001, 9:22]
Sun, MS duke it out over digital home
News In showing off the guts of its digital home -- a one-room prototype built into a convention hall meeting room -- Sun focused on its Jini consumer networking technology, while its partners showed off how Sun's software tied everything together.
[January 10, 2000, 9:26]
Vocera puts Wi-Fi on your collar
News For example, Internet Home Alliance (IHA), a non-profit home networking research company, is working on a system that would let a car pulling into the driveway automatically arm or disarm a home's security system, turn lights on or off in the home...
[October 8, 2002, 10:48]
3Com CEO touts Palm, phone ties
News Our vision is called pervasive networking," Benhamou said, citing the networking of billions of computers, the explosion of cellular phone use to over one billion users over the next three years and the growing use of home networks.
[January 7, 2000, 9:23]
CES: Gadgets, digital, wireless are key
News Hewlett-Packard will demonstrate a new home networking device, called the Digital Media Receiver, for distributing digital photos, music and other media through a wired or wireless home network. Analysts expect many of the companies demonstrating...
[January 7, 2003, 12:30]
TiVo upgrade sets up streaming network
News For the latest home networking product news, plus a full explanation of what home networking is all about, what you need to get started, and how to put it all together, see ZDNet UK's Home Networking Special.
[April 9, 2003, 14:42]
Bluetooth: A view from the top
News While admitting the technology had not originally been conceived as a home networking solution, Svennarp believes the potential for it in the home will be boosted more and more as devices incorporate the technology.
[April 15, 1999, 15:42]
Intel plugging away at wireless networks
News Intel is working to massage out the kinks in the wireless networking market. At a press event in San Francisco on Wednesday, Intel representatives described and demonstrated technologies that the chipmaker's research and development team has been...
[November 7, 2002, 9:10]
Chambers emphasises Cisco's changing role
News Focusing on new technologies has helped Cisco push IP technology into all facets of communication from data networking to telephony to TV and home entertainment. Some that are already named include, digital video, the digital home, security...
[June 21, 2006, 9:40]
3Com warns, discontinues cable, DSL
News The company continues to sell products in the emerging market for home networking, technology that lets computers connect and communicate with other electronic devices in the home. Like Cisco Systems, Lucent Technologies and other networking...
[June 8, 2001, 8:52]
Neptune: Home hub of the future?
News Microsoft is pushing to make the operating system also able to function as a home networking/home security hub. Users will be able to use home networking for traditional purposes, such as sharing files between PCs or connecting a PC to a printer.
[July 7, 1999, 9:11]
Apple updates its iBook and online store
News The Sony Vaio PCG-V505AC1 with a 1.8GHz Pentium 4 processor, a 12.1-inch display, 256MB of DDR SDRAM, a 30GB hard drive, a CD-RW/DVD combo drive, a 56kbps modem, 10/100 networking and Windows XP Home sells for $1,639 through online retailer PC...
[April 23, 2003, 10:08]
Intel downplays Viiv and vPro brands
News In Viiv's case, Intel wanted PC shoppers to associate that brand with the perfect multimedia PC, with plenty of performance for media decoding, networking chips that streamed movies around the home, and smart software that makes all this as easy...
[July 23, 2007, 10:06]
Aftermath unclear from S3-Diamond merger
News In addition, Diamond's focus on other markets such as home networking and its Rio MP3 player will give S3 an initial path to follow. S3, based in Santa Clara, California, said the move represents a major strategic shift to enter the Internet...
[June 23, 1999, 9:08]
Embedded chips chase gadget market
News The newly announced chip family is designed for digital television and home-networking products. Motorola announced its intent to provide Bluetooth wireless networking technology for embedded applications running on Linux, VxWorks and Windows 2000...
[April 11, 2001, 10:44]
Intel reaches for communications top spot
News For example, Intel has focused on home networking kits, which allow consumers to connect PCs in the home, but the market hasn't taken off as fast as the company has hoped. The communications division makes networking equipment, while the networking...
[April 6, 2001, 8:23]
Comdex '99: Spotlight on PC 'appliances'
News Future versions of the design may offer IEEE 1394, a high-speed networking specification aimed at connecting computer-to-home electronics like video cameras or entertainment systems. Easy Now PCs will feature five USB ports, including two on the...
[November 15, 1999, 9:26]
Windows 7: a first look review
Reviews There's also support for Wireless Protected Setup, which automates the creation of secure connections to Wi-Fi routers and other home networking devices. The UI is only part of the story, though, and Windows 7 includes many new features intended to...
[October 28, 2008, 15:02]
Comdex: ZDNet's Top Five products of Comdex
News Home Networking Unlike LCD screens, which are now in the transition from niche to mass market, home networking devices have a long way to go before they go mainstream. But the various home networking devices on show at Comdex offer a glimpse of...
[November 18, 1998, 19:16]
